Edvard Vilcheuski
sentenced to 9 years of imprisonment
Date of birth: 17 September 1994
Date of detention: 19 April 2022
Charges indicted:
Part 1 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Organization of riots
Art. 364 of the Criminal Code — Violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies
Art. 369 of the Criminal Code — Insulting a government official
Art. 130 of the Criminal Code — Incitement to hatred
Part 1 of Article 13 and Article 293 of the Criminal Code — Preparation for mass riots
Sentence: 9 years
Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony
Judge: Mikalai Rachynski
Statement on the status of a political prisoner
Edvard Vilcheuski was sentenced to nine years of imprisonment in a penal colony for posting comments on the internet calling for resistance to the dispersal of protests, insulting government officials, organizing riots, and preparing for riots.
He was found guilty of ‘inciting hatred’ (p. 1 of art. 130 CC), ‘insulting government official’ (art. 369 CC), ‘organizing mass riots’ (p. 1 of art. 293 CC), ‘preparing for mass riots’ (p. 1 of art. 13 and p. 2 of art. 293 CC), and ‘violence or threat of violence against an employee of the internal affairs bodies’ (art. 364 CC).
